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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abhay Kushwaha
| image = Abhay Kushwaha.jpg
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| birth_date = 5 June 1972
| birth_place = [[Gaya district]], [[Bihar, India]]
| residence = Village-Kujapi, p.s.-Chandauti ,Dist- Gaya Bihar
| constituency = [[Tikari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tikari]]
| office = Member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2015
| term_end = 2020
|office1=President, Youth [[Janata Dal (United)]].
|term_start1=Incumbent
| predecessor = Anil Kumar
| successor =
| party = [[Janata Dal (United)]]
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| spouse = Kumari Anjali Bharti
| nationality = Indian
| children =
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'''Abhay Kushwaha''' alias '''Abhay Kumar Sinha''' is a former [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] for [[Tikari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in Gaya district of [[Bihar]] .He is a member of [[Janata Dal (United)]] who won the 2015 Legislative Assembly election to the Tekari constituency by defeating Anil Kumar of [[Hindustani Awam Morcha]], a political party headed by erstwhile member of [[Janata Dal (United)]], [[Jitan Ram Manjhi]]. In the 2015 election he defeated Anil Kumar, who joined [[Hindustani Awam Morcha|Hindustani Awami Morcha]] leaving his former party [[Janata Dal (United)]] by a large margin. While Abhay secured 86975 votes, Anil managed to get 55162 votes only.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/gaya-assembly-election-2020-tekari-seat-profile-rjd-jdu-ham-party-jitan-ram-manjhi-nitish-kumar-cgpg-3257221.html|title=टेकारी सीट: 2010 और 2015 में JDU ने मारी थी बाजी, अब कौन होगा नीतीश के गढ़ का हीरो?|website=news18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014094205/https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/gaya-assembly-election-2020-tekari-seat-profile-rjd-jdu-ham-party-jitan-ram-manjhi-nitish-kumar-cgpg-3257221.html|access-date=2020-10-13|archive-date=2020-10-14|quote=Transl:Let me tell you that as soon as the Tekari Assembly was declared for the first time in 2010, JDU's Anil Kumar won 67706 votes, while RJD's rebel Kumar got only 49165 votes. The difference of defeat in this was 18541. At the same time, when Abhay Kushwaha contested from JDU in , Abhay Kushwaha secured 86975 votes whereas Anil Kumar, who fought from Secular, got 55162 votes, the difference of defeat was very high.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=818|title=Abhay Kumar Sinha|website=Myneta.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013184935/https://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=818|access-date=2020-10-13|archive-date=2020-10-13}}</ref>

==Life and Political career==
Born to Ramvriksha Prasad on 5 June 1972, Abhay is also active in the business. He owns Ply and Bricks plant. He is married to Kumari Anjali Bharti and is a father of two children.
Abhay entered into mainstream politics in 2000 while earlier he had been a ''[[mukhi]]a'' of Kujapi village in Gaya district of Bihar. He had also occupied several other important posts in the [[Janata Dal (United)]] including the post of district president of JD (U) for Gaya and secretary of the organisation for the Gaya district. He finally beat Anil Kumar to become the Member of Legislative Assembly from the Tekari seat in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/231.pdf|title=Abhay Kumar Sinha|website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013174327/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/231.pdf|access-date=2020-10-13|archive-date=2020-10-13}}</ref> In 2018 the leadership of JD (U) appointed him as the Bihar state president of the youth wing of the party. He replaced [[Santosh Kumar (politician)|Santosh Kushwaha]] on this post.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/patna/story--abhay-kushwaha-yuva-jdu-president-1886613.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205031501/https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/patna/story--abhay-kushwaha-yuva-jdu-president-1886613.html |title=Abhay Kushwaha became youth JD (U) president|website=livehindustan.com|access-date=2020-10-13|archive-date=5 February 2021|quote=trans:JDU state president Bashistha Narayan Singh has nominated Tikari MLA Abhay Kushwaha as the state president of the young JDU. At the same time, the outgoing state president of young JDU Santosh Kushwaha has been relieved with immediate effect. With this, all the officials and executive of the young JDU have been dissolved. State General Secretary Anil Kumar gave this information. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/patna-news/abhay-kushwaha-becomes-the-state-president-of-youth-wing-of-jdu-2601115/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605192737/https://www.patrika.com/patna-news/abhay-kushwaha-becomes-the-state-president-of-youth-wing-of-jdu-2601115/|archive-date=5 June 2022 |title=Abhay-kushwaha-becomes-the-state-president-of-youth-wing-of-jdu|website=Patrika.com|access-date=2020-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bihar-yuva-jdu-expels-two-general-secretaries-for-supporting-prashant-kishor-narendra-singh/articleshow/74067322.cms|title= Bihar: Yuva JD(U) expels two general secretaries for supporting Prashant Kishor, Narendra Singh|website=Times of India|first=Madan|last=Kumar|access-date=2020-10-14}}</ref> In 2020 Bihar Assembly Election [[Janata Dal (United)]] made Abhay the candidate from [[Belaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Belaganj Assembly]] instead of his constituency Tekari.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/bihar-election-2020-full-list-of-jdu-candidates|title=Bihar Election 2020: Full list of JDU candidates|website=freepressjournal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013180717/https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/bihar-election-2020-full-list-of-jdu-candidates|access-date=2020-10-13|archive-date=2020-10-13}}</ref>

In 2020 Bihar assembly elections riding upon the wave of anti incumbency due to growing discontent against JD (U), Surendra Prasad Yadav of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] defeated Abhay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/elections/bihar-assembly-election-2020/belaganj-election-results-18_2945.html|title=Belaganj Assembly Constituency result 2020|website=Business Standard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112161950/https://www.business-standard.com/elections/bihar-assembly-election-2020/belaganj-election-results-18_2945.html|access-date=2020-11-12|archive-date=2020-11-12}}</ref>

==Controversies==
Prior to the Bihar Assembly Elections 2015, Kushwaha was caught on camera while dancing with a bar girl on an obscene song. In the video he was seen shaking himself and showering notes on the bar dancer, being fully drunk. The opposition and media highlighted the issue to counter his candidacy for the Tekari seat he was going to contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.india.com/viral/bihar-elections-2015-jdu-candidate-abhay-kushwaha-caught-pole-dancing-with-bar-girl-in-viral-video-588451/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130153316/https://www.india.com/viral/bihar-elections-2015-jdu-candidate-abhay-kushwaha-caught-pole-dancing-with-bar-girl-in-viral-video-588451/ |title=Bihar Elections 2015: JDU candidate Abhay Kushwaha caught pole dancing with bar girl in viral video|website=india.com|access-date=2020-10-13|archive-date=30 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/503692/jdu-candidate-caught-dancing-bar.html|title=JD(U) candidate caught dancing with bar girl, video goes viral|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=2020-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/watch-video-ju-u-candidate-s-obscene-dance-with-bar-dancers-bihar-1884695.html|title=Watch video: JD(U) candidate's 'obscene dance' with bar dancers in Bihar|first=Avinash|last=Sharma|website=One India|access-date=2020-10-13}}</ref> In 2020 Bihar Assembly Election, Abhay was among the politicians with most number of criminal cases against them .According to a report of ''[[Dainik Bhaskar]]'' he had a total of 14 criminal cases against him which included looting and creating hindrance in government contract works.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/patna/news/maximum-38-cases-against-mokamas-anant-singh-in-east-reetlal-yadav-ticket-from-danapur-in-west-33-cases-127811519.html|title=पटना के पूरब से पश्चिम तक बाहुबल:पूरब में मोकामा केे अनंत सिंह पर सबसे अधिक 38 केस, पश्चिम में रीतलाल यादव को दानापुर से टिकट, 33 केस|website=Dainik Bhaskar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014093816/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/patna/news/maximum-38-cases-against-mokamas-anant-singh-in-east-reetlal-yadav-ticket-from-danapur-in-west-33-cases-127811519.html|access-date=2020-10-14|archive-date=2020-10-14|quote=trans:Bahubali number-3 is also jointly occupied by RJD and JDU. Ajay Yadav of RJD and Abhay Kumar Sinha of JDU from Belaganj are accused in 14-14 cases. Ajay is charged with murder, attempt to murder, theft, robbery, recovery in Gaya, Patna and Jehanabad. On the other hand, Abhay Kumar Sinha of JDU is accused in many serious issues including looting, obstructing government work }}</ref>

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==External links==
*[http://www.firstpost.com/politics/watch-jdu-candidate-for-bihar-polls-courts-controversy-pole-dances-with-girl-on-stage-2449716.html Watch: JD(U) candidate for Bihar polls courts controversy, pole-dances with girl on stage]
*[http://www.catchnews.com/bizarre-news/video-of-jd-u-candidate-pole-dancing-goes-viral-right-before-biharpolls-1443616198.html Video of JD(U) candidate pole dancing goes viral right before #BiharPolls]

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